Clinical Types of Smallpox as in an Epidemic
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چکیده
THE clinical picture of smallpox has been the subject of numerous publications, some of which deserve special mention like the fundamental work of Ricketts and Byles (I9I0) and the studies of Marsden (1948) and of Dixon (I948). Dixon's report is outstanding because of the improved classification of clinical types proposed. The potentialities of this classification in smallpox studies became apparent during a sharply limited epidemic occurring in a semi-isolated borough of Sao Paulo City and they are remarked in the present paper.
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